How to write text along a curve?

[lklf]

After I draw a curve using the pen tool. Is these anyway I can write my text along that curve (like you can do in CS Photoshop)?

Thank you.  

[MEB]

Hi lklf,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Select the Artistic Text Tool, place the cursor over the path (you should see a small wave appearing below the T) click and start typing.

[barninga]

meb,

something escapes me.

i start with a new, empty document.

i select the pen tool and draw a line, then i drag its nodes to make it a simple curve.

i then select the artistic text tool. at this point:

- a box appears around the curve, as if it had been selected with the move tool

- if i hover the cursor over the curve, i see no wave under the A (the artistic text tool shows an A; while a T is shown for the frame text tool)

- red horizontal lines and vertical green lines appear when the cursor position corresponds to the image center or to the side of other objects in it, but no wave under the cursor

- if i click any point of the curve, the box around it disappears and the text blinking cursor appears where i clicked

- at this point, if i type any text, it does not follow the curve.

where am i doing wrong?

thank you

stefano

[William Cartwright]

In Designer I get exactly what MEB describes: when one has a path and selects the Artistic Test Tool, the large "A" converts into a smaller "T" (with a wave-like shape beneath it) when one hovers on the path.

 

I do not see this in Photo. Should we?

 

Bill

[barninga]

hello william, 

thank you for clarifying things. i am an affinity photo user indeed. maybe it is just a misunderstanding, in that i presumed (my fault) lklf's post was about photo.

maybe having separate forums for photo end designer would help in avoiding such kind of misunderstandings...

and yes, a "text along path" feature would be useful in photo too.

[MEB]

Hi William Cartwright, barninga

Sorry, i should have pointed that, text on a path is only available in Affinity Designer.

[evtonic3]

If you have both apps, just go back and forth between the apps with the "edit in Designer" function. Make your text on curve there and bring it back to Photo.

[Mr Lucky]

Is there away to get a curve like this?

 

 

(Photoshop lower arch)

 

 

[MEB]

Hi Mr Lucky,

You can get a similar effect in Affinity Photo using the Mash Warp Tool however this will rasterize the layer.

Currently, there's no way to do it in Designer unless you convert the text to shapes and adjust their nodes manually.

[Bri-Toon]

Mr Lucky,

There is however a mesh warp tool on Affinity Designer's roadmap, so this feature can be accomplished in the some time future. There is no guarantee when it will come out though.

 

Corny Joke:

 

 

There are two Fs in Affinity, and there are two Fs in coffee, and coffee rocks.

 

 

[Petar Petrenko]

Is there away to get a curve like this?

 

text arc.png

 

(Photoshop lower arch)

 

Or "Envelope" in Corel.